The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-04
MISSING BRIDE MYSTERY.
The Husband Suspected OF Having
Committed the Deed for the
Money of His Wife.

from New YORK yesterday Telegram
was published from G. L. Watson, of
York, to the chief of police, of Pitts
burg, Pa, inquiring for the where
abouts of Mrs. Watson. his wife. 1t
was stated that Mis-. Watson was sup
posed to have left Chicago for Pitts
burg on the oath ult., on a train that
was subsequently wrecked at Letonia,
o, and several killed; that nothing
had been heard from her, and that il
was feared that she had either been
killed or had become insane and wan.
dered away. Later dispatches from
New York connected Watson with
the recent mysterious murder of a
woman at Railway. N. j., and IL was
stated that he had acted suspiciously
and refused TO tell whether he had
ever been at Railway, and that he had
quietly left for the west Thursday
night. Watson arrived in Chicago
last evening. lie was interviewed by
a United Press reporter at the Com
mercia Hotel. lie is a small man
with brown beard, an English accent
and nervous, excitaDle manner. He
said he had come here to find his
wife, and Indignantly announced
that lie had nothing TO do with the
bloody mystery at Railway. 81 can
prove" he said, "that | was in Balti-
more when the murder is supposed to
have been committed. | never refus-
cd to say whether had been to the
town. | was there. | went out to
see the body, when began to worry
about my wife, but found that al
though the murdered woman did not
look unlike Mrs. Watson, it was not
her. did not act suspiciously at all
Everything have done has been open
and above board. Great God! | know
nothing about this Railway affair. |
did not even know / was suspected
until you tell me. The only thing that
might lead anyone TO think that was
connected with the murder was tho
fact that. if my wife did leave Chicago
OH the oath, she would have been at
Railway Just about the time this wo-
man was killed" Mr.. Watson said he
had only known his wife two months
before he married her. Her name was
Lillian Snavcly, and her folks are we'll
TODD farmers of Sterling, Ill. Mr..
Watson met her in this city where she
was taking painting lessons, and fell
in love with her.
She was rich, had money and bonds
at her disposal, aud when she married
Mr.. Watson, on March 10, in Chicago,
she put her bon>s aud money into his
hands, saying: "Take them, Charlie,
and put them in the bank in your
name." Mr.. Watson said however,
that he refused TO do so, although she
insisted. lie laughed to scorn the
statement that his vile was insane
when she married him, and that IL was
for her money that he took her to be
Mrs. Watson. lie said her mother
was bitterly opposed to the marriage,
because he was comparatively poor
man, but they slipped away and were
united before her family could prevent
it. Mr.. Watson said that after. his
marriage they intended 10 go 10 Kan
sas, where he was going to engage in
the cattle business. He went to the
east to settle up some business and bid
goodbye to relatives IN Baltimore and
New York. He left here on March
10 and first went to Baltimore. Mrs
Watson remained behind, but wrote
letters to him almost daily. All at once
her letters ceased aud then he wired
to a friend here to give him informa-
tion about his wiie, as all his letters
and kilograms to her were I'M
answered.. His friend, in reply, tele-
graphed him that his wife had left
Chicago on March "a to meet him at
Pittsburg. lie did not know what
had induced her to leave for Pittsburg,
as he had made no arrangements TO
meet her there. lie said he thought
since then TO trace her whereabouts,
but had failed TO learn anything con-
corning her. lie said his own idea
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